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(No Model.)

J. E. KENNEDY.

SHOE LACE FASTENER.

No. 602,905. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN ERNEST KENNEDY, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

SHOE-LACE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,905, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed April 16 1897. Serial No. 632,370. (No model.)

To all whont it ntcty concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ERNEs'r KENNEDY a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Montreal, in the district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Lace Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be,a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoe-lace fasteners; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the shoe provided with a lace-fastener according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of the fastening-hook. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the fastening-hook and lace. Fig. 4 is a frontview of the fasteninghook. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the lace.

A is a shoe, and B is a fastening-hook secured to the shoe-upper. The base I) of the hook is provided with an upwardly-projecting ridge b at one end, and c is a spring secured to the upper part of the fastening-hook and bearing on the base I) in front of the ridge 1;.

E is a flexible lace formed of woven material and provided near its upper end with a series of stops e. These stops are formed of textile material Woven between the plies or within the tubular space of the lace. They do not increase the normal thickness of the lace until the lace is compressed, and then they prevent it from slipping.

The end portion of the lace is secured by sliding it between the spring and the ridge, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The spring bears on the lace, and the stops prevent the lace from slipping.

What I claim is- A shoe-fastening hook open at its front and ends so that a lace can be slipped laterally into engagement with it, and provided with a projection b at one end of its base, and a spring secured to the opposite end of the up per part of the hook with its free end hearing on the said base in front of the said projection, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v JOHN ERNEST KENNEDY.

Witnesses ARTHUR Gossnnin, A. PAGE. 

